The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-10

They held up their hands in aston.
ishment, and waved them in horiz
ontal parabolas from the wrist joint
above their shoulders.
'Sufferin' Lazarus! You vos nefer
a summer in NyOrick. To tin? Wy,
you wear someting heffier as dot and
you 2urn to crisp
I'm not gong to be in New York,
said Rochester.
'Vere you goin'?'
Toto Greenland
He rushei out without more
words.
Willy KATZENYAMMER A LARGER
Motzenhauser and his wife started
at Rochester from the doorway, and
made some kind of a sign to the
street. for the street was watching
intently, wherever it was not oc~
cupied inside" The sign meant
that he was crank. The street
nodded, but still watched. The
crank was going into Katzenyam-
mer's. What would katzenyammer
do with him2 That was the ques-,
tion.
Baxter street IS like a city of
proirie dogs. On ordinary occasions
the patriarch dog Is watching at the
door Of his shop hole. The tilltri.
arch and the progeny Of various
generations are scattered about at
short distances. AS you approach
the hole, the younger ones dive in.
The old one waits and catches you,
and inside is reserve force which
can be called upon, sniflcing for any
emergency.
KatZenyammer was the acknowl>
edged king of the street. He would
sell suit of clothes TO a wooden In
dian. He would sell a man tin
watch at the top price and make him
think that he had got the Strashurg
clock with The cathedral thrown in.
One winter he sold the shoes of his
feet In East Brook yn and walked
home on the ice chuckiing all the
way over profit Of 500 per cent.
What wontG Katzentammer do with
him? That was the question IN
which the street and the five club
men were deeply Interested.
But katzenyammer's place showed
no SIGN of life. 1t was either Gn>
heard of carelessness or bold stroke
of genius. The historian is enabled
to state it was tbe latter. Kat2en-
yammer had not missed point Of the
Crcoanters, and had his
own theo~y. Rochester saw the
neglected doorway and argued favor
ably. He wonld not be very much
bothered IN that lace, and lie
entered with a sigh of relief. ft waa
half lighted like all of them. Katz
was seated, quietly smOk-
ing a long pipe. 'l'wo yoHng inch
and woman were seated about to
bolster him up.
Il want to price an overcoat,' said
Dorchester. thereby fatally counts
ting himself.
"A spring ofercoad, asked K / z
enyammcr, indifierenuy.
Yes
Katzenyammer did not move.
.Vot brice?' asked lie.
Anything under $l5'
Katzenyammer smoked.
Vat color?'
Rochester was a little uettlc@.
Any neutral color,' said he. 'Sout-
thing that is liz lat and will not SLOW
the dust
Katzenyammer considered. i
don't link he began douttfull>.
You wouldn't come in here foclin'
vit a man ard takin' up his dime
ven you didn's yasd to puy no over
coads, would your
of course not said Rockies ter,
angrily.
SHOW der chentlem.n a C6ad, ST
mon,' said katzenyammer.
There were twenty even coats all
answering the description Rochester
had given and all his size. He ex~
amined one and refused it. With
another he did the same. Another
would not do. E tch time he had to
find the faults. Each time he was
looked at with sad suspicion. His
ingenui y was taxed beyond its
limits. He was at his wits eId.
There were twenty-four coats still
10 battle with and pretend to find
fault With. Roches CT is conscit n
tious. That is his weakness. He
turned to katzeny ammer.
Il have changed my mind and
will Lot buy an overcoat to-day.